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Kansas
In Kansas, US 24 enters from Colorado west of Kanorado; it overlaps I-70 for 45 miles (72 km) to Colby. US 24 does not meet I-70 again until the Kansas City, Kansas bridge over the Kansas River. US 24 serves the northern sides of Manhattan, Topeka and Lawrence.
The original designation for the current US 24 route in Kansas was U.S. Route 40N. It went from the Colorado border to Manhattan. In 1936, U.S. Route 24 received its current designation after an extension west from Kansas City.
In Kansas, US-24 is merged with US-59 from Williamstown to a place in North Lawrence called Teepee Junction. From there it is merged with until Kansas City, Kansas.
US 24 in Kansas is a violation of AASHTO numbering standards. The highway runs south ofUS 36, which hugs the Kansas/Nebraska throughout the state.
Between Dixie Highway in Pontiac, Michigan and Laskey Road in Toledo, Ohio, the highway is known as Telegraph Road (see U.S. Route 24 in Michigan), its name before the highway system existed. Mark Knopfler of the pop group Dire Straits wrote the song "Telegraph Road", about the development and decay of the road, which he spotted en route to a concert. It is a major surface route through western areas of Metro Detroit. The highway has 8 lanes and is often busy, particularly during rush hour.
US 24 (Telegraph Road) west of Detroit, Michigan served as a testing ground for the Michigan Left. Several other channelization techniques are also used; for instance the M-153 (Ford Road) intersection includes a southbound jughandle and a cutoff for northbound left-turning traffic.
US 24 from Minturn, Colorado to Limon, Colorado is a former route of U.S. Route 40S. Between Limon and Manhattan, Kansas, US 24 follows the old route of US 40N.
As Michigan enacted alcohol prohibition earlier than Ohio, for a time this road was notorious for its use by bootlegers, bringing booze from Cincinnati and Cleveland into Detroit.
***All information came from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_24 ***
